Overclocking

As noted earlier in the review Foxconns 8800 GTS 320Mb is already overclocked when purchased @ 575/1800 (compared to some versions which run as low as 500/1600). With the clock speed being the exact same as Foxconns 8800GTX you could be forgiven for thinking that the core was already near its maximum, especially considering the price range of the card. Using ATI tool we began raising the core speed of the card in 5 MHz increments and eventually found that the card was 99% stable at 630 MHz however after prolonged gaming there were a few artefacts showing and we backed off to 625 MHz which ran without issue. Next up was memory over clocking and again using small increases we found the maximum over clock which was 1910 MHz.

Overall these are very good increases given the market placement of the product. Here is how the over clock affected the performance in Supreme Commander:

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